Dick that is exactly how It's supposed to be done! Moroso and Milodon
recommend the same Procedure. They wanted the Oil Just below the Baffle.
and the pick up 1/4 to 3/8ths of an inch off the bottom of the pan.
K
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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Oil Pan
> Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:12 AM
>
> Keith, just because it worked before, don't
> assume it was working as well as it could have.
> While you have the pan off, measure it and mark
> the point where the crank swings through it, then
> mark how high you will allow your oil to go.
> Then, with the pan on the work bench, add oil
> until it reaches the level you have selected.
> Write down how many quarts it took, pull out the
> dip stick and the dip stick tube, and get rid of
> them. You really don't need them in a motor
> that's run only a couple minutes at a time. If
> you start to lose a quart of oil in two or three
> minutes, you'll know it without having to pull a
> dip stick! Plug the dip stick hole, and just
> fill the motor with your pre-determined amount of
> oil before you race. When you're done racing,
> drain the oil and replace it. I had a dip stick
> get wrapped around a crank and torn into shrapnel
> once - not a pretty sight.
>
> Dick J
>
> --- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> > Okay I thought I would share some of the
> > answers to the Oiling System
> > Problems I had last weekend.
> >
> > Light weight oil Whips up easier then Thicker
> > Oil. My thought was that it
> > would get back to the pan faster and provide
> > HP.... and I think it would if
> > you aren't whipping it up.
> >
> > Cavitation of the pump can occur due to many
> > things... Oil aeriation due to
> > whipping the Crankshaft through Oil...( to much
> > Oil ) or if the Pan and
> > Pickup don't have adequate clearence. Solid
> > Baffles arn't as good as Wire
> > mesh Baffles in the pan and can add to Oil
> > getting whipped up.
> >
> > A Crank scrapper might help also....
> >
> > and Most importantly Proper Breathing of the
> > Crank case... If you can
> > imagine the bottom of this engine at Rpm there
> > is a Mini tornado caused from
> > the Crank and Rods spinning around... the Rings
> > are allowing some blow by as
> > are the valve guides. All this Pressure is
> > building up and not giving the
> > oil much of a chance to expell it's air. Hence
> > the Oil contains it's air
> > and the Oil Pumps it out at a decreased
> > Pressure.
> >
> > Okay so Now to fix the Problem... I am going to
> > swap back to a Pan, Pump and
> > Pick up that I know work in this Car. and as I
> > am doing this I am going to
> > take some measurements and Make sure I had 1/4
> > to 3/8" clearence between the
> > pan and pickup originally... Just to see if
> > that was one of the problems.
> >
> > Guys Like John Beckett Run a Wet sump system
> > successfully so I know it can
> > be done... everything just has to be right!
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
>
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